What Kind of Waterpark Would YOU Want to See in Tri-Cities? [POLL]

The Pasco City Council has approved the purchase of 28 acres near Interstate 182 for a proposed aquatic center project. What would YOU want at such a facility?From the Tacoma News Tribune December 4:

“The Pasco City Council approved the land purchase Monday night. City officials will offer the alternative site, just west of the Broadmoor Park Outlet Mall off Sandifur Parkway, as a home for a proposed $35 million aquatics facility to the Regional Public Facilities Board at the board’s meeting next week. The land deal still has to go through months of review such as environmental inspections and surveying, before the sale is finished. Council member Tom Larsen, the lone dissenting vote on the purchase, voiced concerns about possible toxins at the site, and Tri-City voters will have the final say on whether the project gets the green light.”

City officials hope the purchase will show their commitment to building what would appear to be a multi-purpose facility that could be used for outdoor and indoor swimming and water activities. The original idea was to remodel TRAC near road 68 into an aquatic facility, but that proposal has all but been shelved. The Regional Public Facilities Board would like to construct such a facility, and the 28 acre location was found after Franklin County Commissioners had pulled away from providing land, leaving the project with nowhere to be built.

A small private waterpark with slides, wading pools and other amenities was built at the Tri-City Court Club on Canal Drive in Kennewick, but it’s use is largely restricted to club members. Not since the demise of Oasis Water Works on Canal Drive years ago has there been a large public waterpark facility. Much to the dismay of families and children in the Mid-Columbia, Oasis shut down in 2003 and the land later was sold and became the site for Toyota of Tri-Cities.

So what would YOU like to see in this aquatic project? A swimming-aquatic facility suitable for meets and other activities? Or a waterpark style facility, with waterslides and pools, like the old Oasis? Take our poll.

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